By Andile Mngxitama Vladimir Ilyich Lenin – the great Russian revolutionary, the scientist, the artist who danced with the guillotine to end the brutal feudal order of Czar Nicholas II – turned 150 on 22 April. In a tribute to Lenin, which was broadcast live on Wednesday on my Facebook page, I deliberated on the …
By BO Staff Writer Today, the 22nd of April, is the 150th birthday of the Father of the Great October Revolution of 1917, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. We are currently living through a period when the tendency of capitalism towards extreme monopoly is proceeding with optimal speed and strength. To honor the legacy of Cde Lenin, …
Onkgopotse Abram Tiro. Gallo Images By Andile Mngxitama Exactly 46 years ago today in Botswana, a bomb went off and took the life of our hero and brother Onkgopotse Abram Tiro. The bomb was sent by the apartheid government on behalf of the white community as a whole. Tiro like Steve Biko was a liberation …
Onkgopotse Abram Tiro. Image credit: SAHO By Andile Mngxitama I think of Tiro as a brother of Steve Biko. Tiro and Biko, Brothers in Black Consciousness (BC). These guys rhythm as one. I read how Tiro got impatient with the Keith Mokoape group. After their resolution was defeated by Biko’s powerful intervention, the Keith group …
By BO Staff Writer Vladimir Ilich Lenin (April 22, 1870 – January 21, 1924), is the father of the Great October Russian Revolution of 1917. Via the Bolshevik Party, he led the Russian people through the first successful socialist revolution in history. Lenin’s great contributions include his discourse on the transition of capitalism to monopoly …
By Alexandra Kollontai, January 1946 Lenin’s ability to think about the great and important, while not forgetting the small details of everyday life, always amazed me. I was amazed that, while engaged in creating a totally new kind of state, he never missed the opportunity to remind us, even in relation to small details, of …
By BO Staff Writer “A newspaper is not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, it is also a collective organiser” – V.I Lenin By BO Staff Writer Black Opinion (BO) humbly walks in the footsteps of its revolutionary forebears. It was established on 10 April 2016 – at a time when the imperialist …
